What is Nordic Larp? Is the term useful? Is it dead as a concept, despite being used all the time? What does it mean when we say that something is a Nordic Larp, why do we say it, and what does it achieve in practice? In this talk, we try to answer these questions with focus on how the term is used by creators and participants and what function it serves today.
Together with this, we launch a model for analyzing, documenting or describing larps from the perspective of both creator and participant.
In order to provide context, we will also briefly touch upon previous concepts and definitions but this talk does not aim at providing a final say on the matter of defining Nordic Larp. We do however hope to give some food for thought, some useful tools and just maybe offer up a definition that is useful in practice.